‘THE ART OF LOVING’ 2026 AU/NZ Tour expandsOLIVIA DEAN announces extra Tour Dates in WANGAL/SYDNEY & NAARM/MELBOURNE due to overwhelming demand PRESENTED BY HANDSOME TOURS & LANEWAY PRESENTS
Due to overwhelming demand in presale, Olivia Dean is excited to announce additional dates in Wangal/Sydney and Naarm/Melbourne for her ‘The Art of Loving’ AU/NZ arena tour in October 2026.
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Celebrating her forthcoming second album The Art of Loving, out Sept 26 via Universal, Olivia’s tour will now include extra shows in Naarm/Melbourne and Wangal/Sydney, joining previously announced dates in Meanjin/Brisbane and Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland this October.
Following her 2023 debut Messy, Dean’s ascent has been one of rare clarity. Shortlisted for the Mercury Prize, nominated for three BRITs, and most recently tapped to soundtrack the latest Bridget Jones film Mad About The Boy, with ‘It Isn’t Perfect But It Might Be‘, she’s managed to walk the line between viral popularity and critical reverence without losing her footing.
Dean’s music resists easy classification, marrying soul, pop, and classic singer-songwriter structures with diaristic detail and featherlight production. Tracks like ‘The Hardest Part’ and ‘Dive’ gave listeners a front-row seat to her inner world, while live performances, from Jools Holland’s Hootenanny to Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage, have affirmed her quiet magnetism.
That emotional generosity continues on her recent releases ‘Man I Need’ and ‘Nice To Each Other‘, and as she prepares to release her second album The Art of Loving, on September 26, Dean is shifting the lens closer. The record, she says, deepens her lifelong study of love – not the spectacle of it, but its smaller, more ordinary textures. “I think there’s a whole spectrum of how you can have relationships with people in your life and still make them really meaningful and honest,” she says. “But that’s a new thing for me, to be honest.”
